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Originally Posted by Merlinsky

It seems like folks on another forum who would normally know are coming up empty on a matter relating to AP Indy and Rahy and think asking someone else might be a good idea. If anybody here wants to think on this and comment that'd be great but if you don't know, there's a question I'd like to relay. Would you bother either Three Chimneys or Lanes End regarding this mating question (I've tried to describe it below)--if so which person at either farm and if not, who else might it be good to ask?

They're discussing the relative lack of crossing attempts for the lines of AP Indy and Rahy, particularly AP Indy/Rahy (and vice versa) but really there's some question about AP Indy/Blushing Groom, AP Indy/Halo, and Seattle Slew/Blushing Groom. One of the members has a yearling colt and one foal on the way which mix AP Indy and Halo so she's particularly interested though neither includes the Blushing Groom line. Are there obvious issues of pedigree that make these crosses less exciting? Do the size discrepancies between AP Indy and Rahy negate the attempt in their case and even if it does how does that explain the other crosses not really even being tried much if at all up close? Just for the sake of experiment the AP Indy mare Alanna was plugged into Three Chimney's Rahy hypomating and the GSV was 77.30. The mare offered up a Blushing Groom inbreeding which is also, as it turns out, not done much from what I can tell.

Seattle Slew/Blushing Groom's handful of crosses resulted in Flute one time and Rags to Riches is actually not just a daughter of AP Indy, she's got Blushing Groom as the sire of her 2nd dam. Does this in any way lead you to suspect that it might not be such a horrific idea to cross two sirelines like AP Indy and Rahy especially if you got a filly? Are there physical problems other than size that make that a no no? And for a temporary end to the 20 questions say you did breed a mare by one stallion to the other stallion, would logistics suggest it'd be better to do an AP Indy mare to Rahy or would a Rahy mare not have a problem foaling an AP Indy what with Rahy's being smaller in general?

Wow.